Mahfouz (Heretic)

Mahfouz (1081-1126) was a Shi'te preacher of Heretics in the Middle East. He was not very pious, and was burnt at the stake on the orders of Venetian priest Andrea the Unorthodox.

Biography
Mahfouz was born in the Jerusalem suburb of Belveer (Mevaseret Zion) in the Seljuk Empire, and became a follower of Shia Islam. Preaching heresy in the Levant, he was a man of low piety but got his point through to many people of the Levantine shoreline. In 1126, he was confronted by a priest named Andrea Furlano, nicknamed "The Unorthodox", and was condemned to having his soul purified over a mighty pyre.

Death
Mahfouz was tried for heresy and sentenced to burning at the stake, and was tortured in Jerusalem before he was imprisoned in the Poor District. After spending a month eating gruel in jail, he was executed, tied to a fagot of logs and set on fire.